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Heron Over an Icy Pond, Roger Aldridge, Olney, Maryland
Heron Over An Icy Pond

This is an older tune that I dusted off several years ago. It is a minor key jazz waltz with minor 9th and major 7th chords over a pedal point through much of the tune and a brief touch of shifting time. Note: the recording is a tune demo, not a full-length performance. Recorded by Amy Leonard, violin; E. Shawn Qaissaunee, guitar; Peter McCarthy, bass; and Skip Rohrich, drums.

When performing this piece it is important to play the F# minor 7th chords without a G# (9th) in the voicings.  This is to distinguish them from the A major 7th chords.  Solos use the tune's 42-bar form.  
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